Still life's roots come from the romanticism of traditional paintings and their techniques. During the 17th century, Dutch painting created a specialist form of still life and "raised it to the state of high/fine art". Often showing layers of food, wine, game spread amongst fine clothes, filling the frame with richness. Combinations of texture, warm colour, definitions between highlights and sombre shadows. The market of these paintings was aimed towards the wealthy looking to decorate their fine houses.
The subjects are often simple, mundane perhaps. But with the treatment the objects are given these familiar objects are rendered special. Apply this to photography and at the start, much like the painter, the photographer is presented with a blank canvas to fill. It's best that the photographer builds up the scene themselves, aware of the shapes, textures, colours and tones that will fill up the scene. With the additions of lighting arrangements and various exposure possibilities/techniques, then post-production work, there is much to think about.
What's to be learnt from this? The value of composition, lighting and harmony within the frame.
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